Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-08-05

The symphony and the quartet are
creatures Of his brain.
The symphony may be described in
single sentence as a harmony OF
contrasts.
The harmony of which Haydn was
master had a softuess and sweetness
that pleased and charmed, and having
a sort of minor key that runs through
it all. His was the music of
the heart. When we think Of
Handel We thinS ~ t.e ., .rand and
sublime in thought and song. When
we think of Haydn, we recall music
in its sweeter, tenderer tones, and
think sentiments that enter the head
through the medium of the heart. In
the expression Of the symphony he
has become many-tongued. His may
be called speaking music. This
creation of Haydn's had a far-reaching
influence in the world of music. As
his idea grew in form and complete
ness to the end of his days, SO it has
continued to grow until instrumental
music is one of the wonders OF the
age.
To-day we find the symphony con-
certs the popular ones in all parts OF
the great German Empire. 1t has
been my privilege to verify this fact
by very full and happy tour of the
Fatherland.
Thus the great master planted, more
than hundred years ago, tree that
has grown to overshadowing proper
tions, and carries, in these later
years, a foliage, a blossom and frag-
rance that is refining and civilizing,
and is uplifting to the masses of one Of
the greatest and most cultured and
most prosperous of people in the great
family OF nations.
DIR. osTRANDER.
On Wednesday evening the third
lecture was given by DIR. OStrander.
The high appreciation these lectures
have attained was shown by the
crowded house and the enthusiasm by
which they have been received. The
doctor came before the people in a
rich Syrian costume and as an intro
duction he said: There are seemingly
unimportant events narrated in scrip
ture. A man in England was arrested
for stealing roll OF cloth. "Will you
swear that this is your cloth. He took
the cloth which was perforated along
the selvage. He placed the cloth on
the rack and found that every hole
eorresponded with the hooks in the
rack, so everything in scripture has a
corresponding hook. The salute of the
East was given representing six of the
different nations, showing how they
came from different parts of the earth
by coming out of the different doors
around the platform, presenting them
selves before the Syrian with their
"salem or salam," or peace.
Jesus said: "Salute no man by the
way" because it required ten or fif-
teen minutes to 60 through with the
bowling, embracing and scraping.
Men did it then to show how polite
they were. Gods business requires
haste. "The Kingdom of Heaven is
like woman that lost piece of sill
ver." This was illustrated by an
Oriental woman, with broom and
lamp searching for the lost money.
A mite, he said, was not larger
than the little finger nail. A little
girl reading this text, said: "The wo-
man put in a fare thing" (farthing).
Well said; that is all God asks of any
of U.S."
He showed how they trod the wine-
press with their feet-how friends
came to help. But Christ trod the
wine-press alone; none wanted to ac-
cept part of the price he was to pay.
"He sweat great drops of blood"
Notwithstanding so many
efforts are being made to prove that
the Bible speaks only of fermented
wine, it is mistake. God has never
made any alcohol in the world. In
that time it was preserved unferment-
ed in jellies, then dissolved. / don't
care what any one says. To say that
the Jews knew nothing of unferment-
ed wine is a mistake. The thirteen
words translated wine mean wine,
figs, vine and liquids, etc. The clos
ing scene was a funeral procession,
showing the hired mourners, then the
music. Soon we will be mourned for,
but, o! the grandeur of the reception,
"Well done"